President Petro Poroshenko and premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk have dipped into Georgia’s deep pool of reformist talent in an effort to rebuild Ukraine’s war-ravaged economy. However, even with a vast IMF package and other financial assistance, many have trouble seeing how Ukraine is ever going to return to growth while it is in conflict with the Russia-backed rebels in the east

A terrible cocktail of a vast debt pile, large fiscal deficit and lack of growth has pushed Croatia’s debt profile precariously close to unsustainable levels. Without comprehensive structural reforms, many believe the country’s economy will be in crisis by the end of the decade.